"than would ever be wise" [closed]
I was watching a video on Youtube and came across the line: " the claps of an audiance will matter to you more than would ever be wise."
I don't really understand the part "would ever be wise", especially "wise". Could someone please rewrite the sentence with the same meaning. Would appreciate a lot, thank you.
"wise" in this sentence means "advisable", and "ever" is being used to reinforce a negative meaning:
- It would never be wise to give too much importance to the claps of an audience.
Therefore, the sentence:
- The claps of an audience will matter to you more than would ever be wise.
means that the person will care too much about the approval of the audience, more than is advisable.
"The claps of an audience will matter to you more than you should really care about"
"wise" means smart/knowledgeable "A wise man once told me, don't keep all your eggs in one basket" for example.
the "would ever be wise" translates to "wouldn't be smart" if said in the context of your initial quoted sentence.
However "saving money would ever be wise" changes context to "saving money would be smart"